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Scalp (skălp), n. [Cf. Scallop.] A bed of oysters or mussels. [Scot.]
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Scalp, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scalped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Scalping.] 1. To deprive of the scalp; to cut or tear the scalp from the head of.
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2. (Surg.) To remove the skin of.
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We must scalp the whole lid [of the eye].
J. S. Wells.
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3. (Milling) To brush the hairs or fuzz from, as wheat grains, in the process of high milling. Knight.
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